Flamingos and nests at Hialeah Park, Miami, FL, 1953

Subjects: Birds Wildlife
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1953 (Chrome)

Back of Flamingos and nests at Hialeah Park, Miami, FL, 1953, Mr + Mrs Wm Steele, WI, USA, c. 1953 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

Pink flamingos stand on and around mounded mud nests on a small island in a pond, with white waterfowl swimming behind them and a white chick in the foreground; flowering shrubs frame the scene at left and right. The caption calls the flock the unique feature of Hialeah Race Course, the Thoroughbred track near Miami whose infield birds became a signature attraction. The flamingos were imported from Cuba and South America, and the text records that 1939 was the first season they were raised to maturity in the United States, with 62 hatched; the young are white and take on their pink coloring as they mature. Hialeah fed the flock a mixture of boiled rice, dried shredded shrimp, grains, and cod liver oil.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Dear Folks, Well here we are and I hope our cards arrived. We got to Miami at 1 P.M. Feb. 10, Went on a tour this afternoon to see the city. Its mostly millionaires Its really summer here all the summer flowers blooming, its doesn't seem possible to write Feb. down here. Day after tomorrow [illegible] we will How is the baby, I just wonder + wonder

PublisherGulf Stream Card & Distributing Co.

Flamingos and Nests at Hialeah Park, Miami, Fla. The unique feature of Hialeah Race Course is its great flock of flamingos. These birds were imported from Cuba and South America and in 1939 for the first time, flamingos were raised to maturity in this country. That first season 62 birds were hatched at Hialeah and this year there were almost one hundred. The young birds are white and take on their rich coloring with maturity. Flamingos are fed a mixture of boiled rice, dried shredded shrimp, grains and cod liver oil.

PostmarkedMiami, FL, February 11, 1953, 00:00

Addressed to

Mr + Mrs Wm Steele

217 Walnut St Oconomowoc, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked	February 11, 1953, 00:00, Miami, FL
Publisher	Gulf Stream Card & Distributing Co.
Series	D. C. 51
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Mr + Mrs Wm Steele, 217 Walnut St, Oconomowoc, WI
Place mentioned	Hialeah Race Course, Miami, FL
Publisher	Gulf Stream Card & Distributing Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp	2c John Adams, red, perforated on all sides
Stamp	2c John Adams, issued 1938
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a narrow white border; light edge and corner wear, small nick at top edge. Postmark: MIAMI, FLA. FEB 11 2-M 1953. Divided-back Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" card with printed flamingo text block; pencil message written sideways; light edge wear, corner creases and a scuff at the right edge by the stamp.

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Flamingos and nests at Hialeah Park, Miami, FL, 1953, postcard, c. 1953. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/flamingos-and-nests-at-hialeah-park-miami-fl-1953. Accessed November 2, 2026.